Make delicious Panamanian Carimañolas at home 🌽!Step-by-step guide to perfect crispy yuca treats

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

yuca

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Sweet potatoes offer similar texture and flavor, while regular potatoes are more accessible.

Boil water with salt and add pieces of yuca; cook for 20 to 30 minutes until transparent.

In a hot pan, add about 1 tablespoon of oil.

Sauté onion and minced garlic until translucent.

Add ground beef and mash it; cook until browned on all sides.

Add salt and black pepper to taste.

Stir in tomato sauce and cook until there is no more liquid in the pan; let cool.

Remove yuca from water and remove the center string; mash while hot.

Create a dough with the mashed yuca and let it cool completely.

Take a piece of dough, roll it into a ball, and press it down.

Add filling in the center, then fold and shape into carimañolas.

Refrigerate the carimañolas to make them easier to handle when frying.

Fry the carimañolas until golden brown; drain on paper towels.

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